The Indian aviation regulator said that no flights will depart or arrive at Kolkata airport from 3 pm Friday to 8 am Saturday in view of the cyclonic storm 'Fani', which slammed into the Odisha coast in the morning,

More than 220 trains on the Kolkata-Chennai route have been cancelled until Saturday. The trains which have been cancelled include the Howrah-Chennai Central Coromandal Express, Patna-Eranakulam Express, New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express and the Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express.

All flights from Bhubaneswar airport stand "cancelled" on May 3 and no flight will depart or arrive at the Kolkata airport between 9.30 pm of May 3 and 6 pm of May 4, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in an advisory.

Arvind Kathpalia was sacked as the Director of Operations in November 2018 for failing two alcohol tests, a day after he was barred from the service for three years. Months later, he has been appointed Air India regional director.